advanced software engineering MCQs – Page 2

Practise focused advanced software engineering questions with marked answers for exam preparation and subject revision.

advanced software engineering Mcqs
51. Which architecture are reliant on middle-ware ?
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A. Master-slave architecture

B. Distributed component architecture

C. Multi-tier clientserver architecture

D. Peer-to-peer architecture

52. The __________________ is connected to servers (typically powerful workstations or PCs) that play a dual role ?
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A. Database

B. Hardware

C. None of the mentioned

D. Software

53. ________________ depend on there being a clear separation between the presentation of information and the computations that create and process that information?
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A. Master-slave architectures

B. Clientserver systems

C. Two-tier clientserver architecture

D. Both Master-slave architectures AND Clientserver systems

54. MVC framework includes___________________?
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A. Strategy pattern

B. All of the mentioned

C. Observer pattern

D. Composite pattern

55. What is used to pass SQL requests and associated data from one component to another ?
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A. Remote procedure calls

B. Client/server SQL interaction

C. SQL Injection

D. All of the mentioned

56. Research and development in aspect-orientation has primarily focused on _____________________?
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A. artificial programming

B. software re-engineering

C. all of the mentioned

D. aspect-oriented programming
57. Which of the following term is best defined by the statement: The names of the operations in the provides and requires interfaces are different. ?
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A. Parameter incompatibility

B. None of the mentioned

C. Operation incompatibility

D. Operation incompleteness

58. Which of the following is not a benefit of software reuse ?
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A. Standards compliance

B. Reduced Process risk

C. Increased Reliability

D. Maintaining a component library

59. Which of the following is a way of making a statement about the elements of a set that is true for every member of the set ?
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A. Set

B. Sequence

C. Universal quantification

D. Both Set and Sequence

60. The _____________ specifies the behavior of a system or a part of a system?
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A. White box

B. Clear box

C. Yellow box

D. Black box
61. The average execution time of the power monitor process should be less than__________________?
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A. 100ms

B. 1ms

C. none of the mentioned

D. 10ms

62. Which frameworks applications are difficult to deal with ?
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A. MVC pattern

B. None of the mentioned

C. Debugging framework

D. Web application frameworks

63. In Java,______________________ are comparable with, though not identical to, RPCs?
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A. None of the mentioned

B. Remote Method Invocations

C. Clientserver computing

D. Operating System

64. Which of the following is an essential principle of an architecture ?
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A. Scalability

B. Reliability

C. All of the mentioned

D. Consistency

65. Which of the following is core concern in medical record management system ?
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A. all of the mentioned

B. consultations

C. maintaining records of patients

D. diagnose and treatments

66. Which of the following is not an example of component technology ?
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A. .NET

B. None of the mentioned

C. EJB

D. COM+

67. How does Clean room software engineering Differs from the conventional and object-oriented views ?
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A. All of the mentioned

B. It verifies design specification using a mathematically based proof of correctness

C. It relies heavily on statistical use testing to uncover high-impact errors

D. It makes explicit use of statistical quality control

68. The ________________ of a specification language indicates how the language represents system requirements?
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A. sequence

B. set

C. syntactic domain

D. semantic domain
69. Which of the following is not included in the certification approach ?
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A. Specific usage file

B. Reliability

C. Creation of usage scenarios

D. Generation of test cases from the servers end.
70. A _______________ defines a set of standards for components, including interface standards, usage standards, and deployment standards?
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A. Component composition

B. Component model

C. Component-based software engineering

D. Component interfaces

71. What are generic application systems that may be designed to support a particular business type, activity, or sometimes a complete enterprise ?
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A. COTS-solution systems

B. COTS-integrated systems

C. ERP systems

D. Both COTS-solution and COTS-integrated systems

72. Which architecture decentralized architectures in which there are no distinguished clients and servers ?
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A. Peer-to-peer architecture

B. Distributed component architecture

C. Multi-tier clientserver architecture

D. Master-slave architecture

73. COTS product reuse means_______________?
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A. Large-scale systems that encapsulate generic business functionality and rules are configured for an organization

B. Class and function libraries that implement commonly used abstractions are available for reuse

C. Systems are developed by configuring and integrating existing application systems

D. Shared components are woven into an application at different places when the program is compiled

74. Which subsystem implements the requirements defined by the application ?
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A. Application subsystem

B. UI

C. None of the mentioned

D. DBMS

75. Which of the following utilities is not a part of Application Service Layer ?
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A. QoS

B. Security

C. Verify invoice

D. Policy implementation

76. ________________________ are statements that can be interpreted in a number of ways?
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A. Vagueness

B. Ambiguities

C. Comments

D. Contradictions
77. MTTF stands for__________________?
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A. mean-time-to-failure

B. none of the mentioned

C. manufacture-time-to-function

D. mean-time-to-function

78. Which of the following services is not provided by an object ?
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A. Security features

B. Registering object implementation

C. Activating & Deactivating Objects

D. Files implementing the entities identified within the ERD
79. NET are specific to which platform ?
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A. Microsoft

B. LINUX

C. Java

D. Mac-OS

80. Which of the following is not a real-time architectural pattern _______________________ ?
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A. Environmental Control

B. Process Pipeline

C. Observe and React

D. Embedded System
81. QoS stands for___________________?
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A. Quality of system

B. Quality of service

C. Quality of security

D. None of the mentioned

82. When a client application invokes a method contained within an object elsewhere in the system, CORBA uses dynamic invocation to____________________?
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A. obtain pertinent information about the desired method from the interface repository

B. create a data structure with parameters to be passed to the object

C. all of the mentioned

D. create a request for the object

83. ERP stands for_________________?
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A. None of the mentioned

B. Effective Reuse Planning

C. Enterprise Resource Planning

D. Effective Research Planning

84. Which of the following term is best defined by the statement:The client sends structured query language (SQL) requests to the server which are transmitted as messages across the net ?
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A. Database servers

B. Client servers

C. None of the mentioned

D. File servers

85. Which of the following is essential for success, when formal methods are used for the first time ?
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A. Expert training

B. Consulting

C. Prerequisite knowledge

D. Both Expert training and Consulting
86. A client is assigned all user presentation tasks and the processes associated with data entry.Which option supports the clients situation ?
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A. Distributed presentation

B. Remote presentation

C. Distributed logic

D. All of the mentioned

87. In which of the following language the frameworks will not work ?
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A. Ruby

B. Java

C. C#

D. PHP
88. _____________________ is a reuse-based approach to defining, implementing, and composing loosely coupled independent components into systems?
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A. Component interfaces

B. Component model

C. Component-based software engineering

D. Component composition

89. Which of the following concerns best suits the following statement:Internet banking system includes new customer requirements, account Requirements, customer management requirements, security requirements, recovery requirements etc. ?
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A. Cross-cutting concerns

B. Functional concerns

C. Quality of service concerns

D. System concerns

90. A component model defines standards for_________________?
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A. properties

B. methods

C. all of the mentioned

D. mechanisms

91. Which of the following is not an advantages of software reuse ?
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A. high effectiveness

B. lower costs

C. lower risks

D. faster software development

92. Which framework class include standards and classes that support component communication and information exchange?
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A. MVC

B. System infrastructure frameworks

C. Middleware integration frameworks

D. Enterprise application frameworks

93. Which of the following is a generic structure that is extended to create a more specific subsystem or application ?
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A. Software reuse

B. Object-oriented programming language

C. Framework

D. None of the mentioned

94. Which of the following Cleanroom process teams develops set of statistical test to exercise software after development ?
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A. Certification team

B. Development team

C. All of the mentioned

D. Specification team

95. Which of the following occurs often due to the bulkiness of a system specification document ?
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A. Contradictions

B. Ambiguities

C. Vagueness

D. Incompleteness